The notification bell hears new notifications as they happen (notificationsRealtime; Shared 1.22.0, roadmap WS-E task 3): Network's network.notification.created over OpenVibe.Events' realtime stream, with polling as the fallback. Only a signed-in bell with a Network token opens a stream.

ddiff --git a/server/render/layout.js b/server/render/layout.js
iindex 178f31e..e891c5d 100644
---- a/server/render/layout.js
++++ b/server/render/layout.js
@@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ function renderPage(o) {
          sessionUrl: '/auth/me',
          loginUrl: `/auth/login?next=${loginNext}`,
          logoutUrl: '/auth/logout?next={path}',   // Sign out in the shared navbar ends this site's session too
++        notificationsRealtime: true,             // the bell hears new notifications over OpenVibe.Events (Shared 1.22.0)
      };
      const footer = { service: 'blog', variant: 'full', mount: '#ov-footer', brandName: SITE_NAME, updates: '/updates' };
      const style = o.theme ? ` style="${esc(themeStyle(o.theme.vars))}" data-blog-theme="${esc(o.theme.slug)}"` : '';